(Personally I'd rather have a doctor who was good at stopping me from dying!). *Gasp!* Are you calling my Wilson a bad doctor? *Prepares to defend his honor* :tritter: Just kidding :wink: . I've always just assumed that he got the really rough cases, seeing as how he's the department head, just pure speculation.

There was the baseball player in Sports Medicine too. If you wanted you could argue that Wilson was brought in because the patient was rich and famous. I don't think it was because he was rich and famous, Victoria was a homeless person and they called the Head of Oncology to give a look in her lesions. PPTH is very democratic... That whole bone marrow transplant made me dizzy... They killed his immune system before they were sure they could do the transplant? The other way around wouldn't be more safe? I'm too Off Topic here? Anyway, I always thought that Nick was Wilson's patient since his first occurrence. But now I have doubts, again because of the bone marrow thing! Thanks Taiga :wink:

PPTH is very democratic... Yeah, nobody ever has to pay for their medical treatment. It's so Communist.

Either he specializes in cancers with a high mortality rate or, as we've often joked, he's a crappy oncologist. Coming slightly late to the 'does Wilson have a speciality' debate, someone pointed out to me in a journal comment that House calls him a sarcoidosis specialist. I checked the transcript (Fools for Love, just before the legendary Poconos exchange) and it's true to the extent that House does say 'I'll consult a specialist' before heading out onto the balcony. Of course at that point House is looking for any old excuse to go and see Wilson, brandishing Nurse Wendy's personnel file. So it may not mean anything. But I was a bit puzzled, as according to Wikipedia, sarcoidosis is an auto-immune disease?.... So perhaps he's actually a crappy oncologist because he specialises in something else entirely. Don't tell Cuddy :wink:

In the Fox recap for that ep they referred to him as a sarcoidosis expert too, which was weird. My take on the scene was that Wilson wasn't really a sarcoidosis expert, House was just inventing a reason to go interrogate him about Wendy. Notice that House didn't take the professional opinion Wilson gave him, which he usually does. Wilson said it's not sarcoidosis, House still thought it was. Or maybe he's an expert on strange lumps growing in the body.

In another thread I was reminded of something I wanted a group opinion on. Like most people I always had the impression that Wilson's wives were the ones who ended the marriages, with Wilson emotionally and sexually deserting them and perhaps passively-aggressively pushing them to leave. Then 'Housetraining' definitely made it sound like Wilson was the one to leave Bonnie. Thoughts?

I don't think they necessarily made it that he left her. He certainly wasn't there for her, especially if House needed him (and he always needed him). But she could still have been the one to say "Why don't you just spend all your time with House. I want a divorce."

Then 'Housetraining' definitely made it sound like Wilson was the one to leave Bonnie. Actually I can picture Bonnie as the kind of wife who would demand a choice: "me or him!" Obviously Wilson chose House, so it's not hard to me to believe that Bonnie ended the marriage. We don't know nothing about wife#1, but the pattern with Julie must have being similar. But I agree, he deserts them and tries to push them to leave. On another note, I don't think that he tries to sabotage the marriage only when the wife don't need him anymore. Bonnie seems needy enough for me, if she was some kind of model. I just can't picture her being "not-needy".

I was going by what House said, that Wilson loses interest when they're "fixed". Bonnie was "fixed" because she wasn't coming off a bad relationship any more, I suppose. "Why don't you just spend all your time with House. I want a divorce." (sniff) I am the lone voice in the wilderness crying "But Bonnie specifically said that House didn't break up their marriage!". The third wife probably resented House just like Bonnie did, but she resented the maid too.

I am the lone voice in the wilderness crying "But Bonnie specifically said that House didn't break up their marriage!". You're not alone. You're right, Bonnie did say that House didn't break up the marriage. She did say that he didn't help matters too. I agree with her, I don't think it's fair to blame House for Wilson's marriages failing, ultimately it was Wilson's decision to neglect his wives in favor of House, his job, or possibly other women.

I am the lone voice in the wilderness crying "But Bonnie specifically said that House didn't break up their marriage!". I don't know. I really took Bonnie saying that with a grain of salt. It was very much a "I know it's not your fault but...." kind of remark which said to me that while she knew intellectually it wasn't logical to blame House, she really did blame him. She as much as said House was wrong in going ahead and taking up Wilson's time and concern when he knew he had a wife at home. If that's not an accusation, what is it? I don't think she is saying House is the only person responsible for the break-up or anything like that but she does hold him partly responsible and does still blame and resent him for it. I thought that was completely obvious from their interactions. Just because Bonnie said it doesn't mean she really believes it or that it is "true". I personally agree with House--he's not responsible for anyone's actions but his own. If there is any criticism there all it could be is that he "took advantage of" Wilson's kind heart or could have been a better friend by recognizing what his needs were doing to his friends' marriage and backing off. But of course, that wouldn't be like House at all and it would also assume that House approved of the marriage and thought it should survive--which we don't know he did. So the reason I'm not joining you in that cry of "but Bonnie said..." is when I look at her deeds instead of her words--or at all her words, I don't think she was being completely honest and self-aware. I really don't see her as the type of character tptb developed to be the mouthpiece of truth and wisdom--we have to look at her just like we do every other character and decide for ourselves what's going on with her and in total, the message I got was, whatever she might say, she does blame and resent House for what she sees as his role in their break-up.

I don't think she is saying House is the only person responsible for the break-up or anything like that but she does hold him partly responsible and does still blame and resent him for it. I thought that was completely obvious from their interactions. ITA. I think Bonnie would like to be able to blame it all on House. Easier than thinking Wilson got tired of her, or that she drove him away. Wilson doesn't blame House for his bad marriages, though he believes House wants him all to himself. And he's probably right :P From FFL: Wilson: ... You’re a miserable jerk who can’t stand to be alone. House: I didn’t try to break up your marriages; you did that yourself. Wilson: My marriages were so crappy I was spending all my time with you. Your real fear is me having a good relationship.

Your real fear is me having a good relationship. How many here think that's true?

How many here think that's true? I do. And I also want to say that I love Wilson to pieces. *w* He´s adorable, dorky, yet sometimes mischievous. =))